Just three days after his inauguration, Trump signed a presidential memorandum to reinstate what is commonly referred to as a global gag rule. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

The Trump administration will announce a policy on abortion that threatens to cut off federal funding for family planning clinics like Planned Parenthood.

The policy, based on the global "gag rule" introduced by former President Ronald Reagan, will bar family planning clinics that receive federal grants under Title X from performing or even discussing abortions with patients.

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Trump already instilled a global gag rule on foreign organizations receiving aid from the U.S., and the Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce a domestic version of the policy on Friday, according to sources who spoke to AP.

The Trump administration will announce a policy on abortion that threatens to cut off federal funding for family planning clinics like Planned Parenthood. (Getty Images)

Planned Parenthood says abortions — which make up about 3% of its medical services — are privately funded, while federal grants are used to provide reproductive health services like cancer screenings and STD tests.

But abortion opponents say the federal family planning program known as Title X effectively cross-subsidizes abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood.

Right to Life advocate Linda Heilman prays during a sit-in in front of a proposed Planned Parenthood location in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The new policy would require clinics that receive Title X money to maintain both a financial and physical separation between abortion and its other services. It would also prevent doctors at federally funded clinics from discussing abortion as an option in family planning.

"The notion that you would withhold information from a patient does not uphold or preserve their dignity," said Jessica Marcella of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association.

"I cannot imagine a scenario in which public health groups would allow this effort to go unchallenged," she said.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List, said, "We thank President Trump for taking action to disentangle taxpayers from the abortion business."